Best place to pretend you're bowling in virtual reality

AMF Durham Lanes

You have to give it up to Village Lanes for staying true to classic bowling, with little more to distract you from your frame than a dusty strip of eighties clip art. But for a truly twenty-first-century experience, nothing in Durham compares to AMF. Since the recent remodel, banks of HD screens stretch over the pins like the windshield of a starship, immersing you in an odd but energetic mix of sports broadcasts and Twenty One Pilots videos, wired together with a booming sound system and nightclub lighting. It feels like you're bowling inside a giant 3-D TV, bathed in exciting purple radiation.

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